Ahvaz International Airport
| Ahwaz International Airport فرودگاه بینالمللی اهواز | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Iranian Airports Holding Company | ||||||||||
| Serves | Ahvaz, Iran | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 20 m / 66 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°20′15″N 048°45′43″E / 31.33750°N 48.76194°ECoordinates: 31°20′15″N 048°45′43″E / 31.33750°N 48.76194°E | ||||||||||
| Website | http://ahwaz.airport.ir/ | ||||||||||
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  AWZ Location of the airport in Iran | |||||||||||
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Ahvaz International Airport (IATA: AWZ, ICAO: OIAW) (Persian: فرودگاه بینالمللی اهواز) is an airport serving the city of Ahvaz, Iran. It offers flights to domestic destinations as well as regional international destinations such as Dubai, Istanbul and Kuwait.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| ATA Airlines | Tabriz |
| Atrak Air | Tehran–Mehrabad Charter: Mashhad |
| Caspian Airlines | Isfahan, Tehran, Mashhad |
| Flydubai | Dubai-International |
| Georgian Airways | Charter: Tbilisi |
| Iran Air | Isfahan, Bandar Abbas, Kuwait, Mashhad, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran |
| Iran Air Tours | Dubai-International, Isfahan, Kish, Mashhad, Sari, Tehran, Tabriz |
| Iran Aseman Airlines | Asaluyeh, Kuwait, Mashhad, Shiraz, Tehran |
| Iranian Naft Airlines | Bandar Abbas, Bandar Lengeh, Bushehr, Dubai-International, Isfahan, Kharg, Kish, Lamerd, Lavan, Mashhad, Rasht, Shiraz, Sirri Island, Tehran, Yazd |
| Kish Air | Kish, Mashhad, Tehran |
| Mahan Air | Gachsaran, Kerman, Shiraz, Tehran |
| Qeshm Airlines | Isfahan, Tehran |
| Saudia | Seasonal: Jeddah, Medina |
| Taban Air | Mashhad, Tehran |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul |
| Zagros Airlines | Kish, Mashhad, Tehran |
Accidents and incidents
- On 19 April 1970, Douglas C-47B EP-AGZ of the Air Taxi Co stalled on take-off and crashed. The aircraft was destroyed by the subsequent fire. It was operating a non-scheduled passenger flight. All 25 people on board survived.[2]
Airport move
In December 2012, Agence France-Presse reported that Ahwaz airport was to be relocated because oil had been discovered underneath it.[3] In June, 2017 Ahwaz Airport measured a record breaking temperature as it hit 129.2 F/54 C breaking it's previous record of 127.4 F
See also
- Iran Civil Aviation Organization
- Transport in Iran
- List of airports in Iran
- List of the busiest airports in Iran
- List of airlines of Iran
- Ahvaz
- Iran
References
- ↑ Iranian Airports Holding Company (Feb 2016). International Traffic Report (PDF) (Report). گروه آمار و اطلاعات هوانوردی و فرودگاهی. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
- ↑ "EP-AGZ Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ↑ Iran to move airport after oil found under runway, Iran Focus, 29 December 2012.
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